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CLASSIFICATION

CLASSIFICATION

Classification is an essential component of the World Dwarf Games. Athletes are divided into four classes, depending on their condition, height, arm span, and function. The system ensures fairness, eligibility and an equal playing field (in some events/sports).

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CLASS 1

Class 1. This class typically includes athletes with achondroplasia, diastrophic dysplasia, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDc), and any athlete whose standing height is significantly shorter than the average height of the dwarf population for their diagnosis. Measurements for this class are:

Male Upper-Body (arm span) not exceeding            106cm

Female Upper-Body (arm span) not exceeding        97cm

Male Lower-Body (leg length) not exceeding           41cm

Female Lower-Body (leg length) not exceeding       39cm

CLASS 2

Class 2.  This class typically includes athletes with achondroplasia and cartilage hair hypoplasia (metaphyseal chrondrodysplasia, McKusik type). Measurements for this class are:

Male Upper-Body (arm span)                                    106.1cm – 130cm

Female Upper-Body (arm span)                                97.1cm – 120cm

Male Lower-Body (leg length)                                   41.1cm – 53cm

Female Lower-Body (leg length)                               39.1cm – 49.5cm

CLASS 3

Class 3. This class typically includes athletes with achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia, SED tarda, cartilage hair hypoplasia, and most undiagnosed types of dwarfism. Measurements for this class are:

Male Upper-Body (arm span) over                           130.1cm

Female Upper-Body (arm span) over                        120.1cm

Male Lower-Body (leg length) over                          53.1cm

Female Lower-Body (leg length) over                       49.6cm

CLASS 4

Class 4.This class is active only in team events identified as contact sports including football, basketball and hockey.  Athletes with the following standing height measurements will be a Class 4 for the purpose of these sports:

Male standing height exceeding                               152.4cm

Female standing height exceeding                           147.3cm

Any athlete that falls into this category will follow the rules for each sport regarding class 4.

JUNIORS

CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR THE JUNIORS DIVISION

2.3.1      Class 1. Class 1 will include persons with diastrophic dysplasia, primordial dwarfism, shorter pseudoachondroplasia, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDc), and Morquio syndrome.

2.3.2      Class 2. Class 2 will include persons with achondroplasia and taller persons with pseudoachondroplasia.

2.3.3      Class 3. Class 3 will include persons with hypochondroplasia, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (SEDt), cartilage hair hypoplasia, and most undiagnosed types of dwarfism.

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